Letters included in this collection discuss Button's activities, friends, opinions of other artists, and work. Some letters are fragmentary. Included within the correspondence are scattered photographs, sketches, poems, and printed material. The printed material that appears at the end of the collection consists primarily of clippings, some with annotations, and may have once been enclosed in the letters.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Collection Citation:
John Button letters to Gerald L. Fabian, 1950-1982. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by Gerald and Bente Buck.
